The arms trade and the stability of regional arms races

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 631-654

  Levine, Paul ^a,b   Smith, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arms races; Arms trade; Defence economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031068982     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1889(96)00946-3     Document Type: Article

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